Networks

there are several options such as dsview or real VNC all of which i have used and work with no issues

there are a ton of solutions you could try. networkstreaming has a free trial for AccessDesk, which lets you connect to unattended remote pcs or servers. no portforwarding or firewall problems.

gotomypc could work. webex just put out a personal pc access tool - don't know if it connects with servers. 3amlabs has a few trials too. NetworkStreaming's access tool is for accessing multiple systems (10-1000). it's more robust than a personal pc access tool. if you want that, webex and gotomypc or logmein free.

Windows, Linux, Solaris and most other platforms now include a robust remote connection solution (usually Remote Desktop or VCN), so the days are numbered for pcAnywhere/NetOps and the like.

However there's growing demand for truly secure remote access using RDP and VNC - and there's a growing number of new secure solutions (SmartCode, WiSSH, WinSSH) available.

My company Opengear develops console servers - which historically enable administrators to remotely manage and reboot computers and network appliances through their text-based console ports.

However we have seen increasing demand for truly secure (i.e. authenticated/ encrypted/ out-of-band accessible) remote graphical connections - so we now include secure (SSH tunneled) RDP and VNC with all our console server products.

We use IntelliAdmin (<A HREF="http://www.intelliadmin.com">http://www.intelliadmin.com</A&gt

It works great for pre-remote desktop computers on our lan...but you would need something totally different if you want to remote control across the internet like gotomypc, or logmeinfree.

RDP is fine
You could use RDP nbecause it is alread6 builtin and you could connect to 4 different servers at the same time with the screen split in 4. If you want to make it more secure. You change the default communication port from 3389 to something else.